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SIVAKAMIYIN SABATHAM WITH OLD KALKI PICTURES
Great job. we are all eager to see more such efforts.

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Chola Gangam built after Kadaram expedition - why?
Btw, elephants are excellant swimmers ..google for elephants swimming between islands in the andamans

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Chola Gangam built after Kadaram expedition - why?
remember reading the inscription ref http://www.archive.org/details/pallavas034964mbp V. 29) ......... He caused the splendour of the lord of the Pallavas, who had opposed the rise of his power, to be obscured by the dust of his army, and to vani…

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kambuja
I have searched for this panel but not found it

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Pallava Copper plate grants - Source Pallava seppedugal 30 book - International Institute of tamil s

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Ganapati before Vatapi -1
hi Mutharasan http://www.poetryinstone.in/lang/en/2009/01/01/there-are-no-ganesha-sculptures-in-mallai-except-for.html The arched formation on the roof is called koodu

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Ganapati before Vatapi -1
Reference to the Virapuram Ganesha can be read here http://books.google.com/books?id=oF-Hqih3pBAC&pg=PA51&dq=veerapuram&ei=MCcaS8qDHaD4yATP1JTXAw#v=onepage&q=veerapuram&f=false interesting that he is is wearing a Yagnopavitham …

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Ganapati before Vatapi -1
There are two places where Ganesha is seen in Mahabalipuram. Both of them are not in a shrine. In the shore temple Vimana he is found inside the koodu. In the Ramanuja Mandapa an elephant headed gana is seen in the row of Ganas - maybe signifying hi…

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Ganapati before vatapi -3
dear Shankar Please write more about the cave. who is the main diety?

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Ganapati before Vatapi -2
Shankar, If Ganesha prevalent before appar - why did he sing that he was born of the confluence of Shiva and Parvathi ( as elephants). It goes against the popular version of he being created by Parvathi?

Comment by vj_episteme September 2011 permalink
Ganapati before Vatapi -1
The date of Pillayar patti oscillates very much from 2nd C CE right upto 5th CE, but its defn pre Mahendra. Before going more into Pillayarpatti - can someone who has been there, describe the layout and all the shrines - including the relief panels …

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Ganapati before Vatapi -1
Dear Shankar Ganesha worship was prevalent much before - the earliest Ganesha known is a terracota figure. The arguments are to see where is the earliest reference to him as son of shiva. We all agree that it was during Appar's period that we …

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Ganapati before Vatapi -1
hi saurabh No need to constrain this to only tamil literature - you could possible assist by helping on the occurance in sanskrit literature. I remember reading a detailed paper on how the Ganesha as a scribe in Mahabaratha has been considered as 8…

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Ganapati before Vatapi -1
dear karthik While we do appreciate your strong emotions, would like to reiterate that we are discussing lot of subjects here which need us to keep aside our passions and convictions - and subject ourselves to iterations based on what we have in fr…

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Ganapati before Vatapi -1

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Ganapati before Vatapi -1

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Ganapati before Vatapi -1
dear shankar vinayagar was not creation of appar. but as per available records he is the first to call him as son of shiva. we have no clear date for thevaram songs. But you can possibly check for any common stuff between appar's songs n sirut…

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Ganapati before Vatapi -1
hi shankar Appar was a contemporary of Mahendra but that doesn't mean his time also ended with his. There is every possibility that he would have continued to live during Narasimhar time as well. Appar is the only one who sings of Ganesha as s…

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Panduvamshis of Kosala
hi saurabh, good idea. with pdf creators, it very easy for any content to be downloaded. so no harm in providing it as a feature

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Stone Vimana of Vikrama Chola period temple lying in ruins
dear chandra, 1018 doesnt sound right if its Vikrama. Rajadhiraja was crowned co regent in 1018 and ruled with Rajendra Chola till 1044. If its 1118 CE is possible, but K 1 ruled till 1120. but he was very much involved in vengi from much before

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Vairam's Grandpa passes away
Vairam - We will pray for your Grand father. He was a great man and must be a great loss for you but i am sure you will make him proud ( if not already) http://www.poetryinstone.in “*Here the language of stone surpasses the language of man*” – Nobe…

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Books on Pandyas
wonderful - thanks for sharing

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Books on Pandyas
dear ram We have to first check on copyright issues. If you can list the titles, author , year of publication n publishing house - can check it

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Online English book on Pandya Empire?
dear Sundar, will write to you vide sep mail

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Why Pandyas lost to Kafur.
The koyil olugu confuses time lines. It mixes Udayavar with Kafur's raid and comes up with the Thuluka Nachiar legend.

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Online English book on Pandya Empire?
I managed to source the book from the National University of singapore Library. Still reading

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Thirugnanasambandar and Patteswaram
Interesting - the gift is linked to thiruvattathurai as well http://www.poetryinstone.in/lang/en/2011/04/19/a-gift-to-the-gifted-child-thiruvattathurai.html http://www.poetryinstone.in “*Here the language of stone surpasses the language of man*” –…

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Chalukyan Art and Kalki's view
hi Raman Very nice - interesting observation. kalki had to portray the villain - but he did visit all these places - Maniam sir's paintings of the Badami visit are amazing. the skeleton figure is most likely to be bringi rishi - as its a male…

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Vepenjeri temple in Times of India 16-08-2011
Yes, as per sirpa sastra any damage to minor limbs ( for metal icons) can be repaired.

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Vepenjeri temple in Times of India 16-08-2011
Fantastic Chandra - they are delightful

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